Safety attachment for firearms.



No; 707,925. 7 Patented Aug. 26, I902. .1. r. mznuuon, V T

' SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR FIREARMS.

' (Apphcation filed Sept. 28, 1901.) (-No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFicE.

JESSE F. HERNDONQOF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK R. HUNTER, OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR FIREARMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,925, dated August 26, 1902. Application filed September 28, 1901. :Serial No. 76,897. (No model.)

To all 71/77/077), it may concern:

Be it'known thatLJ ssE'F. HERNDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sebastian, in the county of Brevard and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Safety Attachments for Firearms, of which the followingis a specification. My invention relates to certain improved safety devices for firearms, the object of the invention being to provide a locking devicev whereby discharge is-prevented by the accidental movement of the trigger.

special form of firearm ,;as-it does'not afiect [5 the operation of the firearm.

In the drawings, Figure liis a side elevation showinga firearm with mydevice attached to it. Fig. 2'-is a plan view of the firearm shown in Fig. 1, but which forms no part of the invention claimed in this application. Fig. 3 is a view showing a trigger locked while the breech is open. v Fig.4 isa sectional elevation showing indetail my improved device and is the View referred to in the following 2 5 more detaileddescription.

' D represents a safety locking-catch pivoted to the metal guard in the rear of the trigger. The catch is curved to conform approximately to the outline of the guard and when not in use is adapted to rest against the inner surface of the rear portion of the guard. Riveted at its lower end and in the rear of said catch is a spring D its free upper end being adapted to bear against a square face D at the.

pivotedend of the catch and by pressure thereon to yieldingly resist anyymovement of the catch. Secured on the upper or outer side of the catch'is a knob D, by which it can be easily lifted when it is desired to lock the trigger. 4

, E represents the trigger and E a shoulder produced upon its rear lower end. When the catch is lifted up and its freeend'brought into engagement with they shoulderE, the trigger will beheld against accidental move .ment, while the spring D will prevent accidental displacement of the catch,and it should The use of the deviceisnot con fined to any be stated that when the catch D isthrown down or outof engagement with the trigger I the spring will bear against the surface D which is directly opposite and also slightly above the pivotal point of the said catch, and hold'itin its closed'position.

Having thus fully describedmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I In a safety device for firearms,lthe combination with a trigger having a shoulder formed on its lower end, of a catchpivoted to'the guard in the rear of the trigger and adapted to engage said shoulder,'said catch having its pivoted end squared, and-a spring secured at its lower end to the guard, its free end being adapted to bear against the squared face'of the pivoted end of the catch when the catch is thrown up.

JESSE F. HERNDON.

Witnesses:

M. E. HALL, W. F. SAMPLE. 

